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15 December 2005	Public Accounting Report Material Weaknesses Expected in 15.7% of First Round of 404 Filings. BDO and GT's have highest percentage of weakness opinions.
15 November 2005	Public Accounting Report Three Firms Dominate Bank Audits. KPMG remains on top in number of clients.
14 November 2005	Crain's Detroit Business Reporter's Notebook. Auditor Changes.
1 November 2005	CFO Magazine Too Taxing.
31 October 2005	Public Accounting Report Top SEC Firms Post Double Digit Growth. Non-Big Four see strongest growth.
30 September 2005	Public Accounting Report KPMG Takes Lead in Third-Quarter Audits. ConAgra audit win compensates for losses. Big Four SEC Audit Resignation Rate Falls. National firm SEC client resignation rate jumps up. Non-Big Four Land Three-Fourths of Big Four Losses. Downstream percentage jumps versus 2004's nine-month figure.
27 September 2005	Wall Street Journal BDO Seidman Faces Accounting's New World.
31 August 2005	Public Accounting Report E&Y Is Leading Benefit Plan Auditor. Regional and local firms hold 29.4% of the plan clients.
15 August 2005	Public Accounting Report Material Weakness Opinions Still Comprise Approximately 14% of 404 Opinions. BDO and GT have highest percentage of weakness opinions.
18 July 2005	Business Journalism Auditor's Report Changes Dramatically Under New Rules.
15 July 2005	Public Accounting Report Deloitte Posts Biggest Net Revenue Audited Gain for First Half. BDO retakes the No. 2 spot in net SEC client revenue audited, from PwC. Big Four Half-Year SEC Audit Resignation Dips. National firm SEC client resignation rate jumps up. Non-Big Four Nab More Than Three-Fourths Of Big Four Losses. Downstream trend in SEC audit market continues.
4 July 2005	Crain's Chicago Business Andersen's ghost haunts KPMG.
1 July 2005	Pacific Business Journal Hawaii firms stay put with troubled auditor.
1 July 2005	Portland Business Journal Digimarc woes illustrate issues.
30 June 2005	Public Accounting Report Andersen Indictment Fallout Compared to E&Y SEC Punishment Fallout: A Tale of Two Firms. Who Audits the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry.
27 June 2005	Accountingweb.com The Shareholder View of Sarbanes-Oxley
23 June 2005	The Economist Can the government afford to indict one of the Big Four accounting firms?
16 June 2005	Reuters KPMG apologizes for illegal tax shelters.
15 June 2005	Public Accounting Report Benefit Plan Audits Continue To Move Down-stream From Big Four. Non-Big Four land 89% of engagement switches. E&Y Audits Most SEC Clients. PwC holds lead in market cap audited and revenue audited.
14 June 2005	Compliance Week Adjustments, Restatements Are IC Weakness Predictors.
10 June 2005	MSNBC Have anti-fraud laws done a good job?
3 June 2005	Puget Sound Business Journal New risk: SEC filings spawn lawsuits.
June 2005	Entrepreneur Smaller audit firms can give you the personalized and professional attention your're seeking.
31 May 2005	Public Accounting Report Fastest Growers Pay Largest Audit Fee Increase to Date. Fee increase for Fortune's Fastest Growing Companies top 100%. More than 14% of SEC Companies Hit with Material Weakness Opinions. Majority of BDO and GT's weakness clients moved downstream since 2001.
27 May 2005	Wall Street Journal SEC, Heal Thyself: Tighten Controls, GAO Says in Audit.
27 May 2005	South Florida Business Journal Sarbanes' cost: Audit fees double.
27 May 2005	IR Magazine Failing grades for Section 404.
19 May 2005	The Economist A price worth paying?
15 May 2005	Public Accounting Report Audit Fees Jump 92% for Smallcap Companies. Fee increase for S&P 600 smallcap companies dwarfs Fortune 1000 audit fee increases. PwC Holds Top Share in Tax Fees from Audit Clients. Big Four garner 98% of tax fees from audit clients in analysis.
6 May 2005	The Tennessean Reform law's cost continues to increase
3 May 2005	Wall Street Journal Pricewaterhouse's Squeeze Play
May 2005	Compliance Week Largest Number of Late Filers are Clients of PwC, Deloitte
30 April 2005	Public Accounting Report Fortune 1000 Companies Pay Significantly More for Audit Work in 2004 Versus 2003. Figures show bottom 500 of Fortune 1000 hit with much higher audit fees increase than Fortune 500.
25 April 2005	Associated Press Arthur Andersen Settles World Com Lawsuit
25 April 2005	Business Week The Boss On The Sidelines
15 April 2005	Public Accounting Report Deloitte Posts Biggest Net Revenue Audited Gain for 1Q. Fannie Mae win pushes PwC to second place. Global Seven 1Q SEC Audit Resignation Slips. Big Four SEC client resignation rate falls below 25%. Non-Big Four Nab More Than Two-Thirds of Big Four Losses. Downstream trend in SEC audit market continues.
13 April 2005	USA Today New accounting rules raise price of audits
13 April 2005	Bloomberg Sarbanes-Oxley Exposes Missteps as Audit Costs Spur Gripes
31 March 2005	Reuters PWC's status as AIG's auditor threatened - experts.
25 March 2005	Wall Street Journal Audit Fees Are on Rise as Companies Pony Up.
25 March 2005	Huron Consulting Group 2004 Annual Review of Financial Reporting Matters.
23 March 2005	USA Today More finance chiefs are dropping out.
21 February 2005	The Small Cap Report Cost Estimates Rising for SOX Compliance.
15 February 2005	Public Accounting Report Internal Control Issues on the Rise for Departing SEC Clients. Percentage of going concern statements continues to decline.
6 February 2005	New York Times Sorry, the Auditor Said, but We Want a Divorce.
February 2005	Internal Auditor Big Four Drop Clients.
31 January 2005	Wall Street Journal After the Scandals: More Work, More Money.
20 January 2005	Bloomberg Ernst & Young Led Audit Firms in Shedding Clients, Study Says.
18 January 2005	Wall Street Journal Headhunters are Hustling to Meet Deluge of Demand for Accountants and Auditors.
17 January 2005	Public Accounting Report Deloitte Posts Biggest Revenue Audited Gain for 2004. BDO posts largest net SEC client gain, again. Global Seven Annual SEC Audit Resignation Rate Continues to Climb. Big Four SEC client resignation rate tops 34%. SEC Audit Client Downstream Trend Continues. Non-Big Four pick off more than two-thirds of Big Four audit losses for 2004.